Psychological and physical effects of pain on cancer patients in Ibadan, Nigeria

Nuhu, Folorunsho Tajudeen; Odejide, Olabisi A.; Adebayo, Kazeem Olaide; Yusuf, Ah.

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“…Among symptoms, pain is especially referred by cancer patients in general, and its prevalence varies with disease staging and site 14 . Specifically for rectal cancer, there is increased pain in advanced disease, with persistence in 30% of patients who require long term analgesia 15 .…”

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“…Due to multidimensional cancer pain aspects and complex inter-relations (physiological, psychological, cognitive and social), adequate pain evaluation and treatment are critical because pain experience of cancer patients is constantly related to distress, depression, anxiety, fear, negative mood and suicide ideas. Pain persistence increases patients' concern with regard to disease progression, especially when it is underestimated by health professionals 14 , 30 .…”

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Quality of life, pain, anxiety and depression in patients surgically treated with cancer of rectum

Santos¹,

Garcia²,

Pacheco³

et al. 2014

ABCD, arq. bras. cir. dig.

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BackgroundThe rectum cancer is associated with high rates of complications and morbidities with great impact on the lives of affected individuals.AimTo evaluate quality of life, pain, anxiety and depression in patients treated for medium and lower rectum cancer, submitted to surgical intervention.MethodsA descriptive cross-sectional study. Eighty-eight records of patients with medium and lower rectum cancer, submitted to surgical intervention were selected, and enrolled. Forty-seven patients died within the study period, and the other 41 were studied. Question forms EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-CR38 were used to assess quality of life. Pain evaluation was carried out using the Visual Analogical Scale, depression and anxiety were assessed through Depression Inventories and Beck's Anxiety, respectively. The correlation between pain intensity, depression and anxiety was carried out, and between these and the EORTC QLQ-C30 General Scale for Health Status and overall quality of life, as well as the EORTC QLQ-CR38 functional and symptom scales.ResultsOf the 41 patients of the study, 52% presented pain, depression in 47%, and anxiety in 39%. There was a marking positive correlation between pain intensity and depression. There was a moderate negative correlation between depression and general health status, and overall quality of life as well as pain intensity with the latter. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between future depression perspective and sexual function, and also a strong positive correlation between depression and sexual impairments. A positive correlation between anxiety and gastro-intestinal problems, both statistically significant, was observed.ConclusionEvaluation scales showed detriment on quality life evaluation, besides an elevated incidence of pain, depression, and anxiety; a correlation among these, and factors which influence on the quality of life of post-surgical medium and lower rectum cancer patients was observed.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quality of life, pain, anxiety and depression in patients surgically treated with cancer of rectum

Santos¹,

Garcia²,

Pacheco³

et al. 2014

ABCD, arq. bras. cir. dig.

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“…Also because psycho-oncology is still a relatively new program in the oncology setting in the country there is still some skepticism from physicians and hospital administrators about the relevance and place of psychosocial services in oncology settings. This is apart from well noted psychological problems of cancer patients in this hospital which necessitated this service and other published works from this same setting [6].…”

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“…High levels of emotional distress have been reported in about a-third of people living with one cancer or the other in outpatient settings with this incidence almost doubling among inpatients [1,2]. The invaluable role of distress screening and intervention in controlling the extent of cancer-related distress resulting in enhanced mental and psychological coping as well as enhanced quality of life has been well established in literature [3][4][5][6].…”

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The Delivery of Psychosocial Services in an Oncology Setting: The Ibadan Experience

EO¹

2015

J Clin Trials

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The diagnosis of cancer and its treatment have serious multiple impacts on the different domains of the patients' lives as well as that of their caregivers. It is often challenging for patients to cope effectively with the social, emotional, spiritual and physical impact of the disease without psychosocial support. Psychosocial health services refer to those psychological and social services as well as interventions provided to patients to enable them, their families, and health care providers get the best possible care from the health care system and to manage the psychological, social/cultural and behavioral aspects of illness and its consequences so as to enhance quality of life. These psychosocial services include, but are not limited to distress screening and management through psychological interventions, group and individual counselling, nutritional counselling, psycho-education services, provisions of breast prostheses free of charge or at minimal cost etc. While giving psychosocial services to cancer patients in most of North America and Europe is almost the norm today, much is still left to be done to accomplish this in Nigeria. This paper gives an insight into what has been done so far in Nigeria to ensure that the provision of psychosocial services in oncology setting becomes part of standard care.

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“…Recent studies have reported that pain and the severity of pain were significantly associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms. [2,[23][24][25][26][27] It has been suggested that anxiety and depression independently contributed to the emergence of mental health and somatic symptoms, [27] pain-aggravated mood disorders. [25] Thus, a significant correlation between physical symptoms, such as pain, and depression and/or anxiety might be more common in depressed cancer patients.…”

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Anxiety, depression and pain-related coping behaviors with pain behaviors in cancer patients who are aware or unaware of their cancer

Güleç¹,

Güleç

Ceyhan³

et al. 2017

Agri

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SummaryObjectives: This study aimed to investigate whether there are differences in depression, anxiety, pain and styles of coping with pain between cancer patients with and without awareness of their cancer diagnosis. Methods: In this study, 30 cancer patients aware of their diagnosis and 30 cancer patients unaware of their diagnosis, all of whom visited a clinic for pain treatment, were enrolled in this study. A sociodemographic information form, a questionnaire comprising questions about pain severity and related variables, Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale, and the Pain Coping Questionnaire were administered to the patients. Results: No significant association was observed between the patients with awareness or unawareness of cancer with respect to anxiety, depression, pain severity, or coping with pain. Pain intensity was significantly associated with depression in both the patient groups. Conclusion:The study enrolled patients who were admitted for pain treatment, and the sampling group was small. However, this is the first study to investigate the effects of the awareness of cancer diagnosis on pain and its management.Keywords: Anxiety; cancer; depression; diagnosis; pain. ÖzetAmaç: Bu çalışmada, tanısını bilen ve bilmeyen kanser hastaları arasında depresyon, anksiyete, ağrı ve ağrı ile başa çıkma tarzında farklılık olup olmadığının araştırılması amaçlamıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Ağrı kliniğine tedavi için başvuran, tanısını bilen 30 ve tanısını bilmeyen 30 kanser hastası çalışmaya alındı. Ağrı şiddeti ve ağrı ile ilişkili değişkenleri sorgulayan sosyodemografik bilgi formu, Hastane Anksiyete Depresyon Ölçeği, Ağrı ile Başa Çıkma Ölçeği uygulandı. Bulgular: Tanısını bilen ve bilmeyen kanser hastaları arasında anksiyete, depresyon, ağrı şiddeti veya ağrı ile başa çıkma tarzı açısından anlamlı bir farklılık bulunamadı. Ağrı şiddeti her iki grupta da depresyon ile anlamlı düzeyde ilişkiliydi. Sonuç: Çalışmaya, ağrı tedavisi için başvuran küçük bir örneklem grubu dahil edilmiştir. Fakat çalışmamız kanser tanısını bilmenin ağrı ve ağrı tedavisi üzerindeki etkilerini araştıran ilk araştırmadır.

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Psychological and physical effects of pain on cancer patients in Ibadan, Nigeria

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Quality of life, pain, anxiety and depression in patients surgically treated with cancer of rectum

Quality of life, pain, anxiety and depression in patients surgically treated with cancer of rectum

The Delivery of Psychosocial Services in an Oncology Setting: The Ibadan Experience

Anxiety, depression and pain-related coping behaviors with pain behaviors in cancer patients who are aware or unaware of their cancer

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